Where was this left off? Did MnGCA get permission to use gc.com data for a game (in previous posts it sounded like they did, but details were still being worked out)?

If so could we still use that for this game or a different one?

I might be interested in making an attempt (but I'd go with anyone else first if they were interested - I'd only be able to work on it in my free time which isn't very frequent), but I'd need to know the details of what the game was going to be and I'd want to write it in Java instead of PHP (and I don't know if MnGCA.org service provider has an application server for java programs).

It's been a while since I've done any programming and was trying to decide between a few projects to get familiar with the newer technology, maybe I could try this for that project.

Of course I wouldn't start until I've hidden my first cache... any week now...

What was the eventual outcome of this? Did anything ever come to fruition?

No.

Merkman left the organization for other (IMHO good) reasons, so it never was finished.

I don't want to turn the direction of this thread away from the cache game but I feel compelled to clarify after I received a PM. Merkman left for some valid (albeit sad and frustrating) reasons in which he made some comments that many felt were not proper, after which he was hounded until he left._________________Hmm...

Where was this left off? Did MnGCA get permission to use gc.com data for a game (in previous posts it sounded like they did, but details were still being worked out)?

If so could we still use that for this game or a different one?

I might be interested in making an attempt (but I'd go with anyone else first if they were interested - I'd only be able to work on it in my free time which isn't very frequent), but I'd need to know the details of what the game was going to be and I'd want to write it in Java instead of PHP (and I don't know if MnGCA.org service provider has an application server for java programs).

It's been a while since I've done any programming and was trying to decide between a few projects to get familiar with the newer technology, maybe I could try this for that project.

Of course I wouldn't start until I've hidden my first cache... any week now...

I'll try and remember to email you this afternoon about this._________________Hmm...

I might be interested in making an attempt (but I'd go with anyone else first if they were interested - I'd only be able to work on it in my free time which isn't very frequent), but I'd need to know the details of what the game was going to be and I'd want to write it in Java instead of PHP (and I don't know if MnGCA.org service provider has an application server for java programs).

I checked the steadfast.net website and it doesn't mentioned Java support for shared hosting packages. I love Java but I think we wanted to try and stick with PHP since it is more common and would be easier to find volunteers who know PHP. I know merkman has already done some of the programming in PHP but hadn't used it much before this._________________Tupperware doesn't belong in the kitchen!

Since this thread is more than a year old I was wondering if anything more has been done with this? I enjoyed the contest in '07 I believe it was and haven't seen anything since. There was talk but nothing ever materialized. Anyone have any idea if this is dead in the water or is there a chance that some type of game can be created?_________________King of the Jeff Gordon TB's!
They put that cache WHERE?

Progress on the game is slow and sporatic. The current version of it, if I recall correctly, has MUCH of the coding done, but it hasn't been finished. It's being done by a volunteer (not me) that works on it when able._________________Hmm...

"seeingitdifferent wrote:
I do like the idea of a MNGCA Trackable window cling.

Wrong place and wrong time, but just a thought: How about a NEW GAME with MNGCA trackable window clings that we all would have to purchase, and then over the course of a year you see how many you can find out and about while caching or whenever. Log online and have a scoreboard on this website keeping tally.

IMHO, this could be fun."_________________"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods..." - Lord Byron

"seeingitdifferent wrote:
I do like the idea of a MNGCA Trackable window cling.

Wrong place and wrong time, but just a thought: How about a NEW GAME with MNGCA trackable window clings that we all would have to purchase, and then over the course of a year you see how many you can find out and about while caching or whenever. Log online and have a scoreboard on this website keeping tally.

Anytime you see another cacher at a cache/event/supermarket... you look at their vehicle and take down their license plate number. Go to MNGCA.org "Games" tab for "Cache Me If You Can" or "I See You" or whatever the name would be (have an online name submission and poll to name it) and enter the plate number you saw. Once logged into the website and game, up would pop up your total finds of other cachers. If the plate you entered was a registered geocacher, only their Geocaching name would pop up and give you another point in the game. Game could run monthly, quarterly, biannually or annually.

Some thoughts on this game idea:

1) No purchase necessary to play, but buying a window cling makes it a lot easier and also promotes the MNGCA to the public.

2) Have people who want to play or even just want to be found send in the plate numbers for the vehicles in their households. This way incase they are caching in any of them they can be "found".

3) Have the window cling state WWW.MNGCA.ORG/CACHEME or whatever the name would be, so that it will bring in new people as well. Okay, maybe some logo artwork as well.

4) Hopefully people won't get hung up on giving someone controlling the game their license plate number. Pretty basic info, and the only thing they have to give up with it is their Geocaching name.

5) It would be fun also to have a live chat or forum type posting on the game page where people could write about their find/catch.

6) I'm not a computer person, but this seems like a pretty easy thing to set up if you are a computer person???

Any thoughts, pros and cons, or any interest?_________________"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods..." - Lord Byron